Good Night
868 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsSometimes it's hard to get to sleep.You just can't seem to say goodnight to yourself. Booze helps sometimes...or pills. But that's a big step down a bad street. "Good Night" puts a smile on your face, tells you a bedtime story, helps you chuck the day's problems, gives you a verbal back rub, and tucks you in for a safe, sound, sleep. Dick Summer's voice puts a strong and friendly arm around your shoulder. You hear him on television commercials all day. But when it's getting late, and you want to "take the day and shove it," but you can't seem to say good night to yourself... Dick's Podcast is a quiet place to rest your head...a safe place to hide a hurting heart...a gentle place to fall. It's a comfortable way to tell yourself, "Good Night."
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I Am A Manly Man
January 19, 2014 11:00 - 17 minutes - 40.8 KBI am a completely manly man. I have explained that in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot. Manly. I use a chain saw. I take out the trash. I fly an airplane. I kill spiders. I have fathered whole schools full of children. I open doors for my Lady, and help her in and out of the car. I occasionally spit and scratch and pick my teeth. I never ask for directions while I'm driving, and I always know a shortcut that the GPS never heard of. I am the Louie Louie Generation answer to Tarzan....
Chilly Chops
January 12, 2014 11:00 - 16 minutes - 30.6 KBReally Kool people have very chilly chops. Sarcastic smiles only. No belly laughs. No wonderful, warm, wide "WOW-s" because that's not cool. Looks like Mother Nature has decided to get Kool. I don't like Kool...not Mother Nature's kind, nor the "chilly chops" people kind. I wrote about it in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot: "I like getting hot. Getting hot has gotten me into a lot of trouble in my life. It's left me with scars from fights and scars from love affairs, and it's g...
Another First Time
January 05, 2014 12:00 - 15 minutes - 27.8 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room having survived another New Year's celebration. You too, I see. I've been trying figure out why we make such a fuss about New Year's, and I think I've got it. New Year's is a time when we give ourselves a chance to re-boot our lives. By the time we get to December most years, control, alt, delete doesn't work that well any more. We've got things so screwed up that the only way to make any sense o...
Baby New Year
December 29, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 36 KBI am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, just hoping I'm not disturbing you. Because I have just realized why the two weeks during which most babies are born in America are the last week of August, and the first week of September. That has to be the answer to the eternal question, "What are you doing New Year's, New Year's eve." So as I said...I hope I'm not disturbing you. Actually, as Big Louie, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie...
Christmas Stories Part 3
December 22, 2013 12:00 - 23 minutes - 42.4 KBI guess the Christmas cards have all been sent by now. No? Whoops. You're hoping for a little snow, right? You've had enough already? You're still a big fan of Santa tho. Aw come on. What do you mean you got crushed at Wallmart ? You can order my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot right at www.amazon,com How's that for a quickie plug. But hey...Christmas is coming, and that means Santa is not far behind. Again. One more time. And I love it.
Christmas Stories Part 1
December 08, 2013 12:00 - 23 minutes - 54.6 KBSome of the stories I'm going to tell you for the next couple of weeks I've told you before. So I guess you could say they're old stories. But Christmas is an old story too. Christmas is a happy, musical, smiling, crying, laughing, jolly, holy old story that will probably never get old..
Raggedy Ann Christmas
December 01, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 31.6 KBSitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room reading some of your Christmas story emails, is beginning to make me feel like one of those department store Santas. Here's one from Proud Podcast Participant Ellen F. Part of the note says, "I live in Manhattan, and watching the magic of Christmas unfold is about my favorite thing. I especially love taking my children to see and enjoy the Rock Center Christmas tree." That twanged a memory nerve...
Mr. Story Man
November 24, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 38.1 KBIt's almost time for "Mr. Story Man" to arrive. He's kind of a magic guy. He shows up here every night, dressed in a white fedora hat, wearing a bathrobe that says "Wiz" on the left side, and wearing crazy Caribbean bedroom slippers. My Lady Wonder Wench lets him help her get undressed for bed. I sometimes actually envy him while I'm just sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair. I wish I could get my Lady Wonder wench to think I'm as interesting and sexy a...
Busted
November 17, 2013 12:00 - 14 minutes - 26.5 KBI got busted today on the Amtrak to New York City. It wasn't my fault. She protruded into my attention span, startled my hormones, and momentarily stirred my testosterone soup. It was momentary. It's gone now. Pffft. It was your typical momentary merely mental quickie. You guys will understand. I hope my Lady Wonder Wench will understand. Guys have no control over these things. And it's not fair that this is a problem only guys have...I don't think women have this problem. Or worse yet...
The Agony Of De-Feet
November 10, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.9 KBI am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I'm booted up. I'm booted up, not my computer. My right foot is booted up to knock off some of the agony of de-feet. My feet. Remember the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat? I don't know about the thrill of victory, but I sure know about the agony of de-feet. De-feet started hurting a few days ago. So, I went to the doctor today. He put on his most serious face and poked my right an...
Mashed Potatoes, Gravy & Left Thumb
November 03, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 27.9 KBFor those of us who are proud members of the Louie Louie Generation, the Pimple People are easy to spot. As I told you in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot, they walk around with nails stuck in their tongues, texting instead of sexing, and wearing their jeans so low that when the walk away they can leave us looking at dirty crack. Although age is not the most important factor for Pimple People Hood, most of them are young, so you can excuse them for not having a clue. But I'm sit...
I Got Mooned
October 27, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 29.7 KBI got mooned the other night. It was cloudy, chilly and dreary out. And in the house, there was screaming about waving the white flag of surrender all over the TV news...so I turned it off. The quiet was sounding just fine. Then all of a sudden, a brilliant full moon burst out of a break in the clouds, and poured into the skylight over my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in our living room. It actually startled my Lady Wonder Wench. She was sitting across the room fro...
We're All In This Together
October 20, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 29.1 KBI've been spending a lot of time this week, sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, thinking about some lessons learned at the Wedding of the Century, when our Cassie married her Dave. All of a sudden, we were two families...in a way...becoming one big family. All of a sudden, we were all in this together. Some funny things happened. And some interesting things that got me thinking about men and women happened too.
David Is A Very Lucky Guy
October 13, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 29.4 KBI am collapsed in utter exhaustion...here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room. We just got back from our grand-daughter Cassie's wedding. What an ordeal. It has to have been the most spectacular pageant since the super bowl. She was gorgeous...although I think she is a little young to get married. I figure a daughter or grand-daughter should be at least in her mid-thirties before she even considers marriage, because if she starts planning the weddi...
Jump!
September 29, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 27.8 KBAn Email from Proud Podcast Participant Tom P got me thinking, as I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room. Tom's a thoughtful guy, He gets other people thinking, and he's very definitely a member of the Louie Louie Generation. He says "If I win the Powerball tomorrow, I know what I'm going to do with the money. I'm going to jump on the bed. My grandmother was right, I would break it. But jumping on the bed was fun, and if I won the jac...
Louie Louie Forever
September 22, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.2 KBI've told you in my book, Staying Happy Healthy And Hot (available at Amazon) that the thing that makes Louie-Louie generation guys the bedmates of choice for so many supermodels, and other beautiful and successful women is our gentlemanly charm, our poise and grace, and the fact that some of us have paid off our nice cars, a house, and maybe a boat or airplane. So if you are a guy struggling to overcome the severe limitations of being young, in this podcast, you'll get the top 20 li...
Still A Little Summer Left
September 15, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 24 KBWhere the heck did it go...the lazy, crazy, hazy, days of summer...and the under the boardwalk nights, watching the fireworks...and making some of our own...and the most beautiful girls in their Summer dresses...and walking in the soft Summer sand? Thjere's still some time left, but as Big Louie says in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot (Available at Amazon.com): "Life is like a giant roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes." Time to grab your share ...
The Point Of Peek-a-Boo
September 08, 2013 12:00 - 14 minutes - 27.2 KBI like my life. I try to understand what's going on in it. But sometimes I get confused. For example, you play hooky, and they suspend you from school. You need to relax, so you go for a ride on a roller coaster. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. But a dog is a guy's best friend. So many single women are always saying all the good men are taken, but so many wives are always complaining about their husbands. Stuff like that just doesn't make sense. As I explained in my book Staying Hap...
The Road To Ruin
September 01, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 29.7 KBI'm sitting here in a rest area on the road to ruin. I had to get off, because the traffic is moving way too fast, and I want to take as much time as possible getting there. Actually, I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, trying to recover from all the end-of-the-human-race-as-we-know-it-news that's all over the internet, Time magazine, the newspaper, and the TV. Pessimists have never been so happy. The best we seem to be able to t...
Kiss The Boo-Boo
August 24, 2013 12:00 - 17 minutes - 31.4 KBThere's nothing more comfortable than sitting here in my big, black leather, manly, poppa chair in my living room. But the "Boo-Boo Boogie Man" just started pounding on my knee again...the one I had replaced because he wore the original knee out. That guy is mean. And he sometimes sneaks up on me when I'm trying to do the Louie Louie Guy strut to get my Lady Wonder Wench's attention, like I was planning on doing tonight. I sometimes think he's jealous...like all the other guys who know...
Flatulence Farming
August 17, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.8 KBWhy is it that females frequently flee flatulence? Actually they always do, but I wanted one more f word in there. There are several f words that get the attention of the pure and pious forces for good in the community. Flatulence is of course the most fragrant of them all. The nick name for flatulence that rhymes with heart, is so terrible that I can't actually say it, because this podcast is carried on some radio stations, and the government is concerned about the effect that f wor...
Zip Up Your Zapper
August 03, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.7 KBSome people make a zap when they walk into a room. Other people take a nap. It's a physical fact that our bodies run on electricity. That's what makes our brains and our muscles work. It was a real electric current all those years ago, that made a ZAP go off in both of our heads. I just said, "Hello," and my Lady Wonder Wench's eyes lit up, her left shoulder lifted a little, and a 1,000 watt smile flashed for just a moment. If there have been so many short circuits in your life that yo...
Hand-some-Ness
July 27, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.7 KBI'm so pleased with myself, as I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. I'm pleased because of my hand-some-ness. Not in the mirror. At the ends of my arms. I remember, when I met my Lady Wonder Wench all those years ago...instantly...my ears wiggled, my eyebrows twitched and my hands made some plans. And through the years, I have taken every opportunity to use my hands some more with my Lady Wonder Wench. She likes it when I use ...
Love Songs Relief
July 20, 2013 12:00 - 18 minutes - 33.2 KBI have just relieved myself. No, don't jump to conclusions. I am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly black leather poppa chair in my living room, and all is well with the world again, because I have gotten my TV back up and working and that's a much bigger relief than I thought it would be. The satellite box broke, and I never realized how stressful my life would be without the TV. When it went out, it was a shock like when I opened the refrigerator door and found some kind of...
How Hot Is It
July 13, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 25.2 KBIt's hot outside. It's so hot that you shouldn't text while you walk, because you could trip over something, fall down on the pavement, and cook to death. It's so hot, farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard boiled eggs. But the heat has created a convenience factor for farmers. It's so hot, their potatoes are actually cooking underground which means all they have to do is pull one out, add butter, salt, and pepper and chomp it down. But a word of c...
Blink vs Wink
July 06, 2013 12:00 - 12 minutes - 22.5 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, watching the news on TV, and I just saw my least favorite politician blink. I love that. I love watching an idiot politician blink when he gets a question he's not expecting. Watch for that next time you're watching a news program. A blink gives a guy away. A blink and a wink are two very different things. A blink happens to you, and a wink you do on purpose.
Bradley The Magician
June 29, 2013 12:00 - 21 minutes - 39.6 KBI want to introduce you to a friend of mine by the name of Bruce Bradley. Lots of folks know about Bruce, because he was an important radio personality in New York, Boston, and St. Louis. Bruce and I worked together at the station in Boston where I met my Lady Wonder Wench. I'm going to play you a few minutes from an air check of my show one night, when Bruce decided to drop in, because I think you'll enjoy the fun.
Another Mano-a-Mouse-o
June 22, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 KBI love "Once upon a time". This one is from my book, Staying Happy Healthy And Hot. Stories rule. Especially true ones like this. Once upon a time... 4:18 AM last night to be specific. I was asleep...in the middle of a dream that seemed to have something to do with Catherine Zeta Jones. I didn't even notice my Lady Wonder Wench getting out of bed and going for a potty break. But just as Catherine Zeta was smiling seductively and introducing me to her twin sister in my dream...Lady Wo...
Another Summer Rain
June 15, 2013 12:00 - 14 minutes - 27 KBRemember, "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring." How about "Raindrops keep falling on my head." And "Rain, Rain go away...." There's something magic about a summer rain.
Another Good Time Summer Time
June 08, 2013 12:00 - 12 minutes - 23 KBSome time around the middle of August, we'll probably be tired of the Summer, because that's the way we are. But right now, it's back to kid-hood as far as I'm concerned. Lazy, crazy, hazy days...fireworks, beautiful girls on the beach...wow. Some life lessons about women in this podcast too. I told you about this a couple of years ago...but I just love it. And I'm taking a couple of weeks off for some doctor stuff, so I thought I'd tell you about it again.
It's Early Summer
May 25, 2013 12:00 - 20 minutes - 36.8 KBIt's early Summer. My favorite time of the year. Summer is a woman...hot, sexy, wild, hazy, soft, flashy, dangerous when wet, full of laughs, tears, stings and bites, endlessly beautiful, satin smooth, fragrant, promising, crushing...changeable. Summer has stars in her night eyes, with thunder and crickets, and little lover bugs flashing tiny lights hoping to find some little lover bug passion. I love the sand between the toes, and the surf in Summer's song. She has flowers and new...
Seventh Anniversary Part 2
May 18, 2013 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 KBThis is part 2 of our SEVENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY. It involves the top five downloaded stories this year from the Personal Audio CDs. Also a heavy duty note from Proud Podcast Participant Sgt. Tom...who I think...probably stopped talking to yell at his dog while recording his phone machine message.
Seventh Anniversary
May 11, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 32 KBI've been sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair, doing these podcasts for six years as of this month. Actually, I haven't been actually just sitting in this chair for six years. I have occasionally gotten up for potty breaks, snacks and several other physically and emotionally functional reasons. But this month is our seventh anniversary of the Good Night podcasts, and the Dick Summer Connection blogs. Before we pop the cork on our beginning of the 7th...
Our Sexy Drive
May 04, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.9 KBIt's so comfortable sitting here in by big, manly, black leather poppa chair, after spending the last six hours hanging on to the cup holder in my Lady Wonder Wench's car with my seat belt tightened to the tourniquet setting, as she went careening down the highway, making James Bond skidding hand brake turns, and hurling great Polish curses at the other drivers...one of whom must have lost control of his car as he was zooming down the breakdown lane, because his car swerved back on to ...
Feet And Defeat
April 27, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.6 KBIt's good to get off my feet...sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. Tired feet are a problem for Louie Louie Generation guys like me. Getting off them is obviously a good first step...ditching shoes is good...soaking them in a shower...good stuff. But I found the best way to fix feet is with my head. I've found that's also a good way to deal with defeat. Feet and defeat. I take a minute...close my eyes, take a few deep breaths, and th...
Fear
April 20, 2013 12:00 - 11 minutes - 21.5 KBThe Boston bomber gave us a gift. Fear. It was a little like 9-11...the kind of day when you wake up screaming, then you realize you were never asleep. You'll always remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard about terrible things. Like when the first plane went into the World Trade Tower on 9-11. Let me go sit down in my comfortable, big, manly black leather poppa chair...before I fall down. Just thinking about it makes me feel like I've swallowed a sack of cement, ...
Tomorrow
April 13, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.7 KBI think I'll be remembering tomorrow for a very long time. Let me grab my seat here in my comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair and I'll tell you about it. Once upon a time, a long time ago...so long ago that as a matter of fact it was during the original reign of the Louie Louie Generation...Louie Louie was still all over the radio...my Lady Wonder Wench gave me a wonderful yesterday to remember. It was one night when we were first dating. She was driving...we went through a...
IN-sensitive
April 06, 2013 12:00 - 14 minutes - 26 KBThis was one of those days...when you've just got to sit in your big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in your living room, and hang on tight. "Women don't need sex like men do"...that's what my Lady Wonder Wench said today. After decades of being together, she waits till now to tell me this. I'm an experienced, Louie Louie Generation guy. I know I should have kept my mouth shut, but that little guy in the back of my brain who's supposed to keep control of things like my...
We're In Trrooouuuble!
March 16, 2013 12:00 - 17 minutes - 31.7 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly , black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I've just read what might be the best Louie Louie Generation poem ever written. Proud Podcast Participant John Lancellotti sent it to me. He wrote it a long time ago. It's called, HANGIN OUT. And It goes like this: We did it in the dark street as daytime turned to night. You'd find us hangin' out benearth a corner light. Or maybe down the block, we'd gather in a group to spend the evening ...
Dick's Crayon Caper
March 09, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 25 KBI am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I'm semi-seriously considering popping a copy of my new book, Staying Happy, Healthy And Hot into my neighbor Steve's mail box. He really needs to think about the Gratitude-Attitude that the book talks about. Steve starts every day off with a smile, so he can get that over with as soon as possible. He often suspects people are plotting to make him happy. When someone says, "Have a nice d...
Birthday Blues
March 02, 2013 12:00 - 14 minutes - 26.3 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather papa chair in my living room trying to recover from having another birthday. I used to think that even noticing that you've had another birthday after the age of 21 can be depressing. But as Big Louie, the honcho of the Louie Louie Generation says in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot, 'Always remember the "Gratitude-Attitude."' There's got to be something good about adding another year of wrinkled splendor. I guess you...
Playing With Fire
February 23, 2013 12:00 - 14 minutes - 25.8 KBI am just stretching out and relaxing here on my big, black, comfortable, manly leather poppa chair in my living room, after a long drive home from my buddy Al's house. I didn't actually do the driving. My Lady Wonder Wench did the driving, because we were taking the trip in her car, and because she is convinced that she is a better driver than I am. Which she is not. She tailgates and I hate that...because the idiot ahead of you is not to be trusted. But we take her car on long trip...
All Groan Up
February 16, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 29.6 KBI now own a very stylish pair of leather gloves, and they are totally confusing me. I don't follow fashions in clothing, or anything else because I like to march to a different accordion player. If my Lady Wonder Wench didn't buy me clothes, like these gloves, I would probably still be wearing the same slacks I wore in college, and more than likely, I'd be using a bungee cord to hold them up. When she isn't watching, I sometimes use a table spoon for a shoe horn. I have however bee...
Love, Luck and Guts
February 09, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.7 KBI just got knocked on my backside. Fortunately, my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair was right there to take the hit. Just for the heck of it, I took a very un-scientific poll of a bunch of friends of mine about Valentine's Day, and the results shocked me. More than 90% of them...both sexes...just kinda blew Valentine's day off. One of the guys I talked to said, "I'm too old for that kind of thing." Big Louie the Chief Mustard Cutter of our Louie Louie Generation, we...
February Is Half Way There
February 02, 2013 12:00 - 16 minutes - 29.8 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, getting ready for an interview about my new book, Staying Happy, Healthy And Hot on my friend Michael Harrison's radio show, A Touch of Grey. He calls his show, The Talk Show For Grown-ups. It's fun doing these interviews. I got to talk with Pia Lindstrom on Sirius/XM radio last week. It was such a lot of fun that my son David...who is also our podcast master...posted it on the website at www...
Gratitude Attitude Part 2
January 19, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 25.6 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room trying to keep my gratitude attitude going. Your gratitude attitude is an important part of my new book, "Staying Happy, Healthy And Hot". I've got to admit that even for the guy who wrote the book, some days, keeping your gratitude attitude going is a little harder than other days. Something went "pop" in my right shoulder a few weeks ago, and I haven't been able to do push ups ever since, an...
Attitude Of Gratitude
January 12, 2013 12:00 - 13 minutes - 23.9 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather papa chair in my living room, and my legs are hurting, and I'm trying to remember what my Lady Wonder Wench wanted me to do with her car tomorrow, and I'm looking at a blank page where the copy for a new TV commercial that's due tomorrow is supposed to be...and in general, I'm feeling like an oldie-mouldy. Do you ever get that feeling? Like old age is creeking up on you. You feel like your social security number could be o...
Look Out Little Dickie
January 02, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 29.1 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather papa chair in my living room after a very satisfying day. I went to get my driver's license renewed today. They take your picture. It didn't do me justice. It really looks like me. Well at least my teeth aren't wrinkled. I brought along a picture of George Clooney, and I asked the woman in charge to use that on my license. I said, "Who'd notice the difference." She looked at me as if one more word and she was going to put ...
A Better New Year
December 26, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, looking at a new calendar propped up on the shelf over the fireplace with a brand new number where 2012 used to be. The world is still here, and so are we. We didn't pay much attention to the people who took that Mayan calendar stuff seriously. We sort of pinned a sign on their backs that said, "Gone crazy, be back soon." But hey, what if they were right? Just think, no income tax this April. ...
Christmas Again
December 18, 2012 12:00 - 21 minutes - 40.1 KBIs it Ho, Ho, Ho, Bah Humbug, Oh Holy Night, or some combinatin of the three, and then some? You decide. And Merry Christmas from Podcast Master David Summer, and his proud poppa Dick Summer, plus our long suffering Ladies, Julie and Lady Wonder Wench.